Mirror-equipped cabinet door



Oct. 11, 1932. s B. M. HESS 1,881,576

. MIRROR EQUIPP-ED CABINET DOOR Filed Oct. 20, 1930 Patented Oct. 11,1932 PATEN QFE 'QEi Wenew.@ eeew i i CABINET DOOR v npl egei 1 slpefipherflqat eqia 39; 8. 29591 M ,iiliqenti omrelates ,to gdoors forcabinets ofitl i I y usu nin as rqrmipr a i iae treatments.

y hel' anie are? a thebeefing.'y rw e jg warm:thermal-re are hinged ftjotl ie' side' wail. ii hei' etinet, and; a .1 inig origpe t g g pi l d?le s ie memet' t eee;

over 'thel same n I i As lcainet d oors have hitherto beencon;

sifltbeme H i iem l v l elfis hel ke x end:

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h 4 s of the mirror portion.

S ghafqr-m' of construgtion is not only lexpensiv e and the continuityof the reflecting surface ofthe mirror interrupted by the fasteningdevices, but oftentimes difficulty is zoapresented'in the assembllngoi":the mirror portions with the backing members at the place Where thecabinets are to be set up, it being the common and preferred pract1ce toship the mirror portions and the backmg members in disassembledcondition to the place where the cabinets are to be installed.

f Myfobject is to provide a construction of the character above referredto by which the use of fastening devices extending through ghgoles inthemirror portion is avoided; and

the mirror portions may be assembled to operativeposition on the backingmembers with j greatv ease, expeditiously, and without re- 7 quiringskill on the part of the workmen.

1 Referring to the accompanying'drawingz Figure l'is a perspective viewof a glass mirror forming an element of the door of a cabinet. g V

Figure. 2 is a perspective view of a backi-ing member forming anotherelement of the door and with which the mirror of Fig. 1 is to beassembled.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the manner of assembling the mirrorand backing =s1n8mb6l; and

Figure 4, a perspective View of the mirror and backing member in fullyassembled relation.

Referring to the construction shown, a gb'acking member forming anelement of a 1". lazllflti. 0AA v I; i ,1 front of the cab net casing(not shown) and;

roris'g l. est m h whbhlthe Inirroi jsect imi or the door and rep-lcabinet door is represented at 5, this backing member. t is common withb'aclringine i nbers now in useib'einggofasiZe and' sha'pe prefer-Q'yft' 'empl e i'rj o e t e i efi i gi he.

as iscommon in pracne'e; would have secured theretoalong one vert cal ede one off the" lea'yes' ofl'eachjhlnge by whlc h the door is hingedlyconnected with thgf dab ili t c as'i ng, the'otherleaves ofthe hingesreferred to ing e tgedj te the cabinet in ance with common practlce.

e beqki g member 5 'pr i le l e. We l"' lg/Wi l e ti g. po io re.

ente ,M ,'woiiltljrst nd'l e l again t i m: .l l 'p lehtft is e t ie'i'wiain the particular 4 constructionlslibvthg being I in the form 'of aledge iilextendingi forwardly and across th's lowerfedgei o f them'einber 5 O andprovided withhn ugtumttfigpgej s, spacedsflfom .thebody; portion lofithe mem berf' 5 shownl B preference this v flanged eme i t g al -aw i eb ly m iei' her; as yl etdi g ,fliejowe edgefof han17 ie'tothe,' I eP Y h6Wni he baqk ngnem ei t 'i-s alser n d its venue."edge's mitten :the tap thereof thu $i9.e e i ii t m l i fie ties. 10.Whi dy rq gt n: r g' h'. m mber he el a forming; with. body jpprtioii,i che'j i i. '1.i.. .1 i,.- i. mtewhlch ee ter. .e se tl ett eu per Iporfi on lofglts s de edges as shownin F g. 41,.

r0116 tlien slid-titer n3 seatitj en the, ledge, '71;

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tion at the bottom of the backing member and the lugs 9 adjacent itsupper portion,

formed of the ledge 7 and flange 8'which extend continuously throughoutthe entire width of the'member 5, inasmuch as this channel constructionnot only forms a desir able seat for the mirror but stiffens the backingmember. p e

It will be understood that'if' desired the seating portion at the bottomof the backing member 5tinst ead of being formed of a continuous memberas shownand above described may be formed of spaced apart lugs similarto. the lugs 9. I I I lVhi-lel have illustrated and described a r Vparticularembodiment of my invention and'a suggested modificationthereof, Ido not wish i to be understood as intending to limit my in-; tvention thereto-as the same may be variously l modified and alteredwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

- 1' What I claim as new, anddesire to secure i p by Letters Patent,'is:

the mirror to permit the mirror while inclined to be inserted beneathsaid portions of said lugs from below and moved upwardly above thesupporting means and thence inwardly'at the bottom and onto saidsupporting means, whereby the mirror is, applied to the backing memberthrough minimum movement to avoid injury to the silvering of themirror."

3. A device of the class described comprising a backing member adaptedfor vertical disposition, mirror-supporting means on the backing memberengageable by the lower end of the mirror, lugs'on the backing memberspacedabove said supporting means and be tween which the'mirror extendsand having portionsoverlying the front of the mirror at the 'sideedgeportions of the latteradjacent-the upper portionof the mirror, saidportions ,being spaced from saidbacking mem ber "a greater distance thanthe thickness of the mirror topermit the mirror while in clined to beinserted beneath'said portions of saidlug's from below and movedupwardly above the supporting means and thence in wardly at the bottomand onto said supporting means, whereby the mirror is applied to i thebacking'meinber through minimum movement'to avoid injuryto the'silverin'g of the mirror. v

I BRYCE V 1. A device of the class described comprising a backing memberadapted for vertical disposition, mirror-supporting means on the backingmember engageable by'the' lower end 7 of the mirror,-lug means on thebackingmember-spaced above saidsupporting means and overlapping thefront of the mirror, the mirror-overlapping'part of the lug meansbeingspaced from the backing a greater'distance than the thickness ofthemirror, the con struction thus permitting the mirror whileinclined'to beinserte'd beneath the lug means from below and movedupwardlyabove the supporting meansand thence inwardly'at the y bottomand on to said supporting means whereby the mirror is applied to theback- I ing-member through minimum movement to avoid injuryto thesilvering of the mirror. sa

, J 2i Adevice of the class described comprise ing'a backing memberadapted for vertical disposition, mirror-supporting means on the backingmember engageable by the lower end of themirror, lugs on the backingmember J spaced above said'su 'qporting'means and be-o ,tween' which themirror extends and having portions overlying the front of the mirror atr the side edge portions of the latter, said por- 1 6H ,tionsbeingspaced from said backing member a' greater distancethan thethickness of izo

